Official documentation
Windows Vista Speech Recognition Step-by-Step Guide
Todd Phillips, Microsoft Learn (archived MSDN documentation), 2007
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- What it is
- Microsoft's step-by-step guide to Speech Recognition in Windows Vista, marked 'Updated June 2007'. It describes dictation and voice commands as features of the operating system, with system requirements and setup steps.
- How much weight it carries
- Written by Microsoft for the Vista release and kept in the official archive. It gives the guide's update month, June 2007, but not the date Windows Vista or the feature was released, so it dates the feature only to that month or earlier.
Facts taken from this source
- Microsoft's Windows Vista speech recognition guide, updated in June 2007, says speech recognition is part of the Windows Vista operating system, for dictating documents and controlling programs by voice.
“Using speech recognition in the operating system, you can dictate emails and documents and use your voice to control your favorite programs and navigate Web sites.” (Introduction and Benefits of Speech Recognition)